The tarot cards hold special meanings, warnings, characteristics and actions that may need to be taken in order to change your course in life. Keep in mind that some aspects are changeable and some are not. It is all up to you. With the Judgement card as the tarot card for the week of 3-5-17, this might be the week for new beginnings and putting an end to some struggles you have been facing. It tells us that we are to take our lessons and learn from them, which will reap many benefits. Positive energies are around you, so make the most of them this week. Trust you own judgement and intuition, which might mean that you must readjust your long-term thinking. Change is on the horizon, perhaps in the workplace, in a relationship, a relocation or in a spiritual awakening. It is time to break free from ties that are no longer useful to you. Sometimes in order to move forward it is necessary to clean up the wreckage of your past. This is the week to stop pitying yourself — accept your past, let it go and move on. At the end of the week, you decide if the Judgement card fell in the upright or reversed position for you.

MAJOR ARCANA NUMBER 20

ASTROLOGICAL SIGN or PLANET: SCORPIO, CANCER, PLUTO, MOON

UPRIGHT:The Judgement card embodies those forces that require you to be accountable for your actions. Truths are revealed, mysteries are unraveled and responsibility is assigned. Judgement unveils outcomes and marks the end of things. While this is a time to properly place guilt, it is also a time for atonement and forgiveness. Ultimately, the process of judgment should lead to freedom from errors made in the past and a fresh start with a clean slate. To that end, the Judgement card actually promises the start of a new journey on which you can apply what you have learned from your past. This is a good time for a career change. You are on the verge of making a most important decision. A positive outcome is imminent. The card is also an indication of a spiritual awakening, which will positively effect your mind, body and spirit. You will obtain a clearer meaning to your life’s purpose. You will take great joy in your accomplishments and experience clear thinking, which will bring on positive changes and a personal rebirth and growth.

REVERSED:In the reversed position, the Judgement card can signify ill health, a fear of death, loss, failure to find happiness, change and denial. The card indicates that it is time to stop feeling sorry for yourself. Your self-condemnation will bring you nothing. Self-doubt, shame and guilt are unfounded and are holding you back. This is the time to move on from a bad choice you have made. The reality of the need to change causes unnecessary fear. However, that fear is holding you back from releasing yourself from these negative situations. You are using your spirituality as an avoidance to grounding yourself in the real world. Brace yourself from unwanted repercussions. In fact, watch your back, there may be someone out for revenge. Half measures avail you nothing. There is the possibility of legal actions not working in your favor. This is not the time for hasty judgments of yourself or others. It is the time to take stock of your life and make plans for your future using new ideas and environments. You may have confrontations in business and relationships because you have been pointing the finger at others when you should have been pointing it at yourself.